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Mars will shine close to the blue star Spica at sunset on Sept. 13, but you’ll need a clear view of the western horizon to catch the colorful duo before they slip swiftly out of view. Look west as the sun sets and you’ll find Mars less than 10 degrees above the summer horizon, with Spica shining to its lower …

President Donald Trump is making a direct change to America’s leading social program by the end of September. For the more than 53 million retired workers currently receiving a Social Security benefit each month, this payout isn’t a luxury. According to 24 years of polling from Gallup, between 80% and 90% of retirees lean on their Social Security income, to …

NASA employees are once again taking to the streets to raise awareness about deep science cuts and layoffs at the space agency. A third “Save NASA” protest is set for Monday, Sept. 15, outside the agency’s Washington, D.C. headquarters. The demonstration is being organized by NASA Needs Help — a group formed by employees and supporters at NASA’s Goddard Space …

When John Cena isn’t available for a show but you still have Brock Lesnar booked to build to their match at a huge upcoming premium live event, who do you call? That’s what WWE did on Friday Night SmackDown this week in Norfolk, where the artist often known as R-Truth but sometimes lovingly referred to as Ron Cena made an …

Look east on the night of Sept. 12 to see the waning gibbous moon close to the magnificent Pleiades open cluster, with the distant planet Uranus lurking nearby in the constellation Taurus. The 62%-lit moon climbs above the eastern horizon a little over an hour before midnight for viewers in the U.S., with the Pleiades sitting less than 5 degrees …

A colossal butterfly-shaped coronal hole has opened in the sun’s atmosphere and is currently spewing a fast-moving stream of solar wind toward Earth that could trigger a moderate geomagnetic storm and dazzling auroras this weekend. The high-speed solar wind from this striking feature, spanning some 310,000 miles (500,000 kilometers) across, is expected to reach Earth around Sept. 14. Space weather …

President Donald Trump was greeted by boos and cheers while attending a baseball game at New York City’s Yankee Stadium on Sept. 11. The president did not participate in pregame ceremonies honoring victims and first responders of the 2001 terrorist attacks but he was the first face to appear on the big screen during the national anthem, according to The …

In the high-altitude desert of northern Chile sits the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Conceived as a partnership among scientists in Europe, North America, East Asia, and Chile, ALMA was designed to be a powerful radio-astronomy observatory that could peer into the coldest and most distant regions of the cosmos, where stars and planets are born. What is it? A …

Astrologer and Cut columnist Claire Comstock-Gay reads the stars as Madame Clairevoyant. Pippa Middleton, a Virgo. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Getty Images The moon spends the first part of the day in Aries, then moves into stubborn Taurus in the late afternoon. In the evening, it squares off with Pluto — emotions are running high, and even the smallest comments …

SpaceX is preparing to launch three spacecraft on a first-of-its-kind mission to study the sun’s influence throughout the solar system, from Earth’s atmosphere to the edge of interstellar space. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Launch Complex-39A, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Sept. 23 at 7:32 a.m. EDT (1132 GMT). Stowed inside Falcon’s …